athumani kasuku vs republic 1980 tzca 100 21 may 1980

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF TANZANIA _.AT DODOMA (CORAM: M ustafa, A g .C .J ., Mwakasendo, J . A . and H-Jcam-jj J . A . ) CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 13 OF 1980 B -E T W E E N ATHOMANI KASUKU : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : APPELLANT A N D THE REPUBLIC : RESPONDENT (Ap p eal from the c o n v i c t i o n o f the. High Court o f T a n za n ia at S i n g id a ) (L u g a k i n g i r a , J . ) d a te d the 28th day o f F e b r u a r y , 1980, in CRIMINAL SESSIONS CASE N6-. ''53 OF 1978 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT MUSTAFA, Ag. C .J . ; ^ . .C- The d ec ea se d was a Jseother o f the a p p e l l a n t who i s a lle g e d t o have k i l l e d him. There i s e v id e n c e t h a t the a p p e l l a n t was e x t r e m e l y angered by the d ecea sed who a l l e g e d l y had accused the a p p e l l a n t o f m is ap p rop ria tio £ u -o f" some b r i d e w e a l t h money o f a d a u g h ter o f th e d ec e a s e d . The a p p e l l a n t had made an e x t r a - j u d i c i a l - s t a t e m e n t which was adm itted by th e t r i a l ju d g e , a fte r a tria l-w ith in -a ­ tr ia l. We are s a t i s f i e d t h a t the s aid sta tem en t was r i g h t l y ad m itted. I t is a fu ll c o n f e s s io n t o the murder o f the d ec ea se d , alth ou gh it a l s o im p l i c a t e d o t h e r p e rs o n s . There i s a ls o c o r r o b o r a t i v e e v id e n c e t o su p port th e . co n fes s io n . P .W .l the a p p e l l a n t ' s w i f e had t e s t i f i e d j t h a t on th e m a t e r i a l n i g h t the a p p e l l a n t g o t out o f bed and l e f t the house sayin g t h a t he was g o in g t6' k i l l the deceased. He armed h i m s e l f w it h a 'h e n g o 1, a panga l i k e weapon. The deceased could have been k i l l e d w ith a i h a n g o ' . 2 E a r l i e r on t h a t day the a p p e l l a n t came ac ro s s P.vV.2, the d ec ea s d ' s d au g h ter and t h r e a t e n e d the d eceased , and t h i s th reat was .heard by P.W .2, a l s o by P . W . i . Ih e r e i s in f a c t abundant, e v i d e n c e o f the g u i l t o f the appellant. The appeal has rio m e r i t and i s hereby d ism is s ed . DATED- a t —BODQ-M-A this.. 2 1st .day o f May, 1980 A. MUST;\F A AG. CHI; ,F JUaTICg-’ Y. M. M. MWAKASENDO JUSTICE OF APPEAL ■ L. M. MAICAME JUSTICE OF APPEAL I c e rtify th a t th is i s a tr u e copy o f th e o r i g i n a l . DEPUTY REGISTRAR